National Trust Elections

To Society members who are also members of the National Trust:

The Arts Society is currently one of the 24 Appointing Bodies entitled to appoint a member of the National Trust Council, but this figure is being reduced to 18. The general membership of the National Trust is due to vote this autumn on which organisations should be Appointing Bodies for the next six years. To maintain our position, it is therefore very important to ensure that as many Arts Society members as possible who are also members of the National Trust vote in this year’s National Trust elections. This is therefore a plea to you to make sure that you vote. There will be 33 organisations on the ballot paper, and whilst you should vote for any organisations that you specifically want to see represented, it is not necessary to use all your votes – voting for Charity X just to use up your votes could mean that Charity X got elected rather than The Arts Society.

Please vote for The Arts Society under Appointing Bodies, so we can maintain our influence with the National Trust going forward.

Thank you. 

Julie Goldsmith & Florian Schweizer 
Chair & Chief Executive, The Arts Society